Beaumont native to play 'Taps' during D.C. Memorial Day Concert

Brooke Cru, Beaumont Enterprise

By Brooke Crum

Published 6:00 am, Saturday, May 25, 2013

Marine Band trumpeter Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart plays "Taps" at the close of the Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the Memorial Ampitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 30, 2011.
Photo: DoD Photo By R.D. Ward/Released, OSD

Marine Band trumpeter Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart plays "Taps" at...

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart, a Beaumont native, will be playing the trumpet in the Marine Corps Band for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Photo: Marine Corps

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart, a Beaumont native, will be...

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart, a Beaumont native, will be playing the trumpet in the Marine Corps Band for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Photo: Marine Corps

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart, a Beaumont native, will be...

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart, a Beaumont native, will be playing the trumpet in the Marine Corps Band for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Photo: Marine Corps, HQMC CVIC

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gearhart has played "Taps" more times than he can remember, but the Beaumont native said he never tires of the tune.

He will play the bugle call some 30 feet in the air in a cherry picker perched over the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol during the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C. on Sunday. Luckily, Gearhart is not afraid of heights.